OUR ACTIONS IN THE WORLD

ECPM ON THE SPOT

ECPM is developing action in a number of countries in order to spread the abolitionist cause far and wide. This work hinges on four essential areas. The first, federation, involves identifying actors committed to combating the death penalty and enabling them to unite their strengths. Reinforcement, the second area, aims to assist these actors in their struggle against capital punishment by providing support, be it strategic, financial, logistical, etc. This in turn can feed the third area: advocacy. This requires the organisation of high-level political meetings, the creation of awareness raising campaigns, the establishment of regular anti-death penalty events, etc. Finally, the Education section is particularly interested in raising awareness among citizens in the school environment. Through its involvement on the ground, ECPM has developed real expertise in the various obstacles to abolition which can persist in a variety of national contexts.

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ECPM has been active in Morocco since 2007, in partnership with the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the Moroccan Human Rights Organisation, the Parliamentary Network Against the Death Penalty and the Network of Lawyers Against the Death Penalty.

Between 2001 and 2016, ECPM coordinated the Towards Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty in Morocco project with the support of the European Union, the French Development Agency, the France Foundation and the Ile de France region.

FEDERATION

STRENGTH

ADVOCACY

EDUCATION

FEDERATION

FEDERATION

– encouraging actors from the voluntary, political, parliamentary, media and legal sectors to work together ;

– assisting the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty (which groups together 11 organisations) ;

– boosting the first Network of Parliamentarians Against the Death Penalty in Morocco which brings together more than 250 MPs and senators from all political parties ;

– upporting the Network of Lawyers Against the Death Penalty in Morocco by encouraging exchanges of expertise and the creation of tools. Since 2015, the Network has held its first national Congress, published a study of the Moroccan Criminal Code and set up follow-up work on the conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death.

– encouraging the emergence of a Maghreb abolitionist network

STRENGTH

STRENGTH

– consolidating the organisational structure of the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty and organising meetings dedicated to the development of strategic activities ;

CONCRETELY

In 2016, ECPM supported the organisation of the General Assembly of the Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty, organised in Rabat from 22 to 23 July and attended by 150 people. The organisation also facilitated the structuring of seven regional branches and organised three training workshops with NGOs, lawyers and parliamentarians.

ADVOCACY

ADVOCACY

– national and international campaigns ;

– supporting the writing of a draft law by the members of the parliamentary network, organising workshops raising awareness within parliament and publishing advocacy tools ;

– with its partners, investigations in prisons in order to analyse the conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death with regard to international standards, and encouraging the authorities to improve transparency ;

– facilitating the presence of Moroccan actors within UN bodies ;

– ensuring respect for the commitments made by Morocco at the Universal Periodic Review (EPU), the mechanism used by the Human Rights Council (HRC). On that occasion, the organisation produces alternative reports and organises side events within the UN structure in Geneva.

CONCRETELY

In 2016, ECPM organised several side events at the UN in Geneva and New York covering the resolution for application of a universal moratorium and OP2. In collaboration with its partners, ECPM led 15 high-level political meetings and organised several working sessions in Morocco with the diplomatic services involved in the international abolitionist movement.

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

– developing a teaching programme with Moroccan middle and high-school pupils. Through visits to schools, this programme encourages meetings with abolitionist figures and witnesses, incarnating the horror of capital punishment ;

– facilitating the participation of young Moroccans in the international competitions it organises (drawing competition, moot court competition, etc.) ;

– proposing regional forums bringing together young people from across the MENA region ;

– raising awareness among the general public through cultural events: exhibitions of anti-death penalty work, film festivals, theatre performances. In particular, focus is put on the abolitionist argument in the Moroccan context at public debates to recall that the death penalty is not a deterrent and has no real religious justification.

CONCRETELY

In 2106, ECPM and OMDH raised awareness with nearly 1,300 pupils across seven cities in the country. The two organisations published a trilingual cartoon looking at the conditions of detention of prisoners sentenced to death in Morocco and Tunisia, and created a teaching guide for teachers. In 2015, ECPM organised the first film festival on the death penalty at the 7ème art cinema in Rabat, thereby alerting nearly 800 people to the issue.

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The fight for universal abolition is in motion, but many obstacles remain. To face them, ECPM works closely with various institutions, from schools to major international bodies.

The money received through donations to ECPM is used to run our organisation. It allows us to hire professionals whose job is to train, plead and unite people around the value of justice that is the abolition of the death penalty. This money allows us to organise free training courses in schools, focusing on human rights and the death penalty; it also allows us to create educational tools which are then put at teachers’ disposal. Furthermore, it helps us to lead support campaigns, like the one we implemented around Serge Atlaoui. Finally, it will make it easier for us to organise fact-finding missions and to publish their results, such as our annual report on the death penalty in Iran.

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